Comments on: Anti-gay Republican admits making hotel arrangement with teenager, but will not resignhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/
PinkNews Gay news, reviews and comment from Europe's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans news serviceTue, 31 Mar 2015 17:52:00 +0000hourly1By: Dan Filsonhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-228046
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:40:11 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-228046By “They just cannot help it!” I am of course referring to Republican politicians, but it seems endemic amongst a wide variety of politicians the world over to preach one thing and practice, quite well in some cases, something quite else.
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Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:26:57 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227733Hey, don’t go bashing domino, it’s an amazing game ! Everytime I want to play domino I hire a tranny hooker to play with me and we play for hours !
]]>By: Riondohttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227495
Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:29:14 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227495You can oppose gay adoption and blood donation an NOT be homophobic if you can
point to sound empirical evidence that there are more measurably and objectively
negative outcomes associated with adoption and blood donation by gays than by other
groups. There isn’t. See the problem?
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Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:42:28 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227477You can oppose gay adoption and blood donation an NOT be homophobic if you can point to sound empirical evidence that there are more measurably and objectively negative outcomes associated with adoption and blood donation by gays than by other groups. There isn’t. See the problem?
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Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:00:01 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227439Excellent comment, Ray and a very good point.
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Personally I think if everyone was honest about themselves, there would be more Bisexuals than even heterosexuals.
]]>By: Jock S. Traphttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227438
Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:58:19 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227438““Can you not forgive the man for trying to prevent that happening?””
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Indeed Rehan.
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Also why do I have to forgive someone for deliberately disrespecting LGBTQ people at every opportunanity then is caught with his trousers down.
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I’m all for people keeping quiet about their sexuality unless they happen to damage the community they hide from.
]]>By: Steve_Rhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227427
Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:30:35 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227427Typical hypocrite! condemns others and then when he gets caught expects not to be judged or condemned and/or worthy even of some sympathy!. Sounds like his wife might have more insight when he alludes anyone that knows her knows she would not keep any of his mistakes quiet! How many others/?
]]>By: Rehanhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227407
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:25:25 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227407While possibly pitiable, it still doesn’t justify hypocrisy, does it?
]]>By: Rehanhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227405
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:23:23 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227405“Can you not forgive the man for trying to prevent that happening?”
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Self-serving behaviour may be predictable, that doesn’t make it attractive, appealing or sympathetic. Did you feel equally generous to, say, the UK politicians who were caught out in the expenses scandal?
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Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:35:39 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227383He may be bisexual? Quite a few people are?
]]>By: Rayhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227382
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:33:48 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227382Not only that, some people are actually bisexual, possibly more than are 100% gay or straight. Are bisexual people expected to declare for one or the other as if they were casting a vote in a first past the post election and then cease being bisexual?
If he is bisexual but only indulges his bisexuality occasionally then he can say with some honesty that he is not gay.

That doesn’t of course excuse his political stance on gay issues. But that is a seperate issue I maintain.

]]>By: sharpjwehttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227328
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:30:49 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227328he meets a teenage male
sugar daddy
he his a male
he wants to have a good time
Playing DOMINOES
he is not gay
who his he taking us for IDIOTS
you are a big lie caught with your pants down you are a disgrace without Balls
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Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:19:54 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227325Robert: Like I pointed out, I am only acting as Devil’s advocate here and attempting to show the other side of the coin. This may well be 2011, but many people are still very much “old school”, along with their associated values; the chances are they will never change. It is said that once you hit 30, your opinions and values are set in stone. It is up to the new generations coming up behind them to change things, hopefully for the better.
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On a personal note, although I am in a CP and support gay marriage, I do not support gay adoption or blood donation. That is my personal standpoint. That does not make me anti-gay or homophobic, it simply means my views differ from other people’s. So many people demand “democracy”, but only when it supports their viewpoint. Just because the majority demand something does not necessarily mean that that is the right way to go.
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Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:35:16 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227306It’s obvious he is trying to protect himself. We all know what is going on here, and if he were to openly admit to to his sexuality, his entire life, family and career would crash down in front of him. Can you not forgive the man for trying to prevent that happening?
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Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:32:52 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227304I lived into my 30’s with a girl before I ever came to the realisation I was gay. Sometimes it’s not an obvious smack-in-the-mouth epiphany that many have, sometimes it takes years to draw the conclusion that has been staring you in the face all your life.
]]>By: Flapjackhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227265
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:12:46 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227265He also said he did it for a joke, you know, one of those elaborate expensive jokes where you risk your career and your marriage by making yourself the punchline.
]]>By: Casparhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227262
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:10:09 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227262“had he gone against the grain, he would have almost certainly lost his seat and disappeared into obscurity”

There are worse things than disappearing into obscurity, such as sinking into the infamy and public betrayal – of his wife as well as gay people – in which he now finds himself…

There is a difference between not being a hero on the one hand, and actively collaborating with oppression. Many far older than him have shown much more integrity and dignity.

]]>By: JohnDhttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227250
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:35:52 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227250I had assumed be was paying for sex so he had a hole ready and paid for!
]]>By: Roberthttp://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/08/25/anti-gay-republican-admits-teenage-hotel-arrangement-but-will-not-resign/comments/#comment-227247
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:28:33 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227247….doesn’t necessarily mean those wishes are right”…I meant to have said.
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Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:27:57 +0000http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=25245#comment-227246Spanner1960, just because a politician must vote according to the wishes of his or her constituents, doesn’t necessarily make those wishes are right. Using that argument would have probably stopped American blacks getting their civil rights if the wishes of the majority had opposed them.

Voting againt the rights of gays while denying what he was doing in a hotel room with only a towel wrapped around him and then exposing his bits to the young man IS anti-gay and IS about self-loathing. Stop acting as an apologist for him. This is August 2011, not 1950. Homosexuality was decriminalised in the early 60s in America. There is NO excuse for what he did and lying about who he really is. Soliciting sex from someone of the same gender isn’t straight, end of. Voting to ban gays marrying IS antigay whether one is straight or gay. There is such a thing as a conscience, clearly this man has none, or any closet case for that matter.